WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Musical

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WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Musical
Awarded forExcellence in a leading role in a musical
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by WhatsOnStage.com
First awarded 2001
Currently held by Eddie Redmayne (2022)

The WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by WhatsOnStage.com as part of the annual WhatsOnStage Awards. Founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the WhatsOnStage Awards are based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions in London's West End theatre.

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This award is given to a person who has performed a leading male identifying role in a musical during the eligibility year. Introduced in 2001 as the award for Best Actor in a Musical, the category was renamed in 2022 in an effort to be more inclusive. The category was discontinued following the 2022 ceremony and was replaced with the gender-neutral WhatsOnstage Award for Best Performer in a Musical.

First presented to Daniel Evans at the inaugural ceremony, Michael Ball is the only performer to win the award twice. Julian Ovenden holds the record for most nominations without a win in this category, with four.

Winners and nominees

2000s

YearPerformerMusicalMale Identifying Character
2001 [1] Daniel Evans Merrily We Roll Along Charley Kringas
2002 [2] Craig Purnell Songs for a New World Man 1
Brent Barrett Kiss Me, Kate Fred Graham
Cameron Blakely Where's Charley? Charley Wykeham
Paul Keating Closer to Heaven Straight Dave
Philip Quast The Secret Garden Dr. Neville Craven
Jonathan Pryce My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins
2003 [3]
Tony Vincent We Will Rock You Galileo Figaro
Michael Ball Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Caractacus Pott
Jarrod Emick The Full Monty Jerry Lukowski
Michael Jibson Our House Joe Casey
Philip Quast South Pacific Emile de Becque
Euan Morton Taboo Boy George
2004 [4] John Barrowman Anything Goes Billy Crocker
David Bedella Jerry Springer: The Opera Jonathan Weiruss/Satan
Graham Bickley Ragtime Tateh
Michael Brandon Jerry Springer: The Opera Jerry Springer
Adam Cooper On Your Toes Junior Dolan
Tim Howar Tonight's the Night Stuart Clutterbuck
2005 [5]
Nathan Lane The Producers Max Bialystock
Desmond Barrit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus
Martin Crewes The Woman in White Walter Hartright
Lee Evans The Producers Leo Bloom
Deven May Bat Boy: The Musical Bat Boy
Julian Ovenden Grand Hotel Baron Felix Von Gaigern
2006 [6] Ewan McGregor Guys & Dolls Sky Masterson
Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat
Neil Patrick Harris Tick, Tick... Boom! Jon
Douglas Hodge Guys & Dolls Nathan Detroit
Gavin Lee Mary Poppins Bert
James Lomas
George Maguire
Liam Mower 		Billy Elliot the Musical Billy Elliot
2007 [7] Tim Curry Spamalot King Arthur
James Dreyfus Cabaret The Emcee
Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park with George Georges Seurat
Alexander Hanson The Sound of Music Georg von Trapp
Philip Quast Evita Juan Perón
Clarke Peters Porgy and Bess Porgy
2008 [8] Michael Ball Hairspray Edna Turnblad
Bertie Carvel Parade Leo Frank
Henry Goodman Fiddler on the Roof Tevye
Paul Keating Little Shop of Horrors Seymour Krelborn
James Loye Lord of the Rings Frodo Baggins
Lee Mead Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph
2009 [9] Ryan Molloy Jersey Boys Frankie Valli
Rolan Bell The Harder They Come Ivanhoe "Ivan" Martin
Darius Danesh Gone with the Wind Rhett Butler
Douglas Hodge La Cage aux Folles Albin
Julian Ovenden Marguerite Armand
Matt Rawle Zorro Zorro

2010s

YearPerformerMusicalMale Identifying Character
2010 [10] Rowan Atkinson Oliver! Fagin
Aneurin Barnard Spring Awakening Melchior Gabor
Jason Donovan Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Anthony "Tick" Belrose
Alexander Hanson A Little Night Music Fredrik Egerman
Julian Ovenden Annie Get Your Gun Frank Butler
Tony Sheldon Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Bernadette Bassenger
2011 [11] Ramin Karimloo Love Never Dies The Phantom
Michael Arden Aspects of Love Alex Dillingham
Alex Gaumond Legally Blonde Emmett Forrest
Sahr Ngaujah Fela! Fela Kuti
John Owen-Jones Les Misérables Jean Valjean
Mark Umbers Sweet Charity Charlie, Vittorio and Oscar
2012 [12] [13] Richard Fleeshman Ghost Sam Wheat
Bertie Carvel Matilda the Musical Miss Trunchbull
Nigel Lindsay Shrek The Musical Shrek
Sean Palmer Crazy for You Bobby Child
Reece Shearsmith Betty Blue Eyes Gilbert Chilvers
Oliver Tompsett Rock of Ages Drew Boley
2013 [14] Michael Ball Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd
Alex Bourne Kiss Me, Kate Fred Graham
Tom Chambers Top Hat Jerry Travers
Adam Cooper Singin' in the Rain Don Lockwood
Lloyd Owen The Bodyguard Frank Farmer
Mark Umbers Merrily We Roll Along Franklin Shepard
2014 [15] Gavin Creel The Book of Mormon Elder Price
Declan Bennett Once Guy
Killian Donnelly The Commitments Deco
Douglas Hodge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka
Robert Lonsdale From Here to Eternity Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt
2015 [16] Jon Jon Briones Miss Saigon The Engineer
Alistair Brammer Miss Saigon Chris
Killian Donnelly Memphis Huey Calhoun
Robert Lindsay Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Lawrence Jameson
Marti Pellow Evita Che
2016 [17] Matt Henry Kinky Boots Lola
Michael Ball Mack and Mabel Mack Sennett
Killian Donnelly Kinky Boots Charlie Price
Ben Forster Elf Buddy
Sam Mackay In the Heights Usnavi De La Vega
2017 [18] Charlie Stemp Half a Sixpence Arthur Kipps
Michael C. Hall Lazarus Thomas Jerome Newton
Ramin Karimloo Murder Ballad Tom
Andy Karl Groundhog Day Phil Connors
Michael Xavier Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis
2018 [19] John McCrea Everybody's Talking About Jamie Jamie New
Hadley Fraser Young Frankenstein Frederick Frankenstein
Tom Lister 42nd Street Julian Marsh
Danny Mac Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis
Andrew Polec Bat Out of Hell: The Musical Strat
2019 [20] Jamael Westman Hamilton Alexander Hamilton
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Tina Ike Turner
Rob Houchen Eugenius! Eugene
Jamie Muscato Heathers: The Musical Jason "J.D." Dean
Giles Terera Hamilton Aaron Burr

2020s

YearPerformerMusicalMale Identifying Character
2020 [21] Sam Tutty Dear Evan Hansen Evan Hansen
David Hunter Waitress Dr. Jim Pomatter
Charlie Stemp Mary Poppins Bert
Oliver Tompsett & Juliet William Shakespeare
Jac Yarrow Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph
2021Not presented due to impact on theatres of COVID-19 pandemic
2022 [22]
Eddie Redmayne Cabaret Emcee
Roger Bart Back to the Future: The Musical Emmett "Doc" Brown
Olly Dobson Marty McFly
Arinzé Kene Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical Bob Marley
Julian Ovenden South Pacific Emile de Becque
Ivano Turco Cinderella Prince Sebastian

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

2 wins

Nominations

4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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